Quinctilius

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Quīntīlius

Etymology

From quīnctīlis, quīntīlis (“of July”) +‎ -ius, from quīnctus, quīntus (“fifth”) +‎ -īlis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiːnkˈtiː.li.us/, [kʷiːŋkˈt̪iːlʲiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwinkˈti.li.us/, [kwiŋkˈt̪iːlius]

Proper noun

Quīnctīlius m sg (genitive Quīnctīliī or Quīnctīlī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Quīnctīlius
Genitive Quīnctīliī
Quīnctīlī1
Dative Quīnctīliō
Accusative Quīnctīlium
Ablative Quīnctīliō
Vocative Quīnctīlī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms
  • Quīnctīlia
  • Quīnctīliānus

References
  • “Quintilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Quintilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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